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  • The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic takes place annually at Disney's Magnolia and Palm golf courses at Walt Disney World Resort. The final stop on the PGA Tour, the field features 128 players, along with a pro-am portion played on Thursday and Friday. The Classic has been an annual tradition at Disney since 1971, and its champion list includes some of golf's biggest names, including Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Payne Stewart.
  • TOUGH WAY TO FINISH Ð The long, tight No. 18 on DisneyÕs Palm Course is a challenge for all who test it. Playing at up to 454 yards (with a strategically placed canal crossing the fairway and hazards around the green), the par 4 hole has been among the 10 toughest holes on the PGA TOUR four times since 1986. Joe Lee designed the course at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
  • The view from the tee on the par 3 No. 16 at Disney's Lake Buena Vista Course. Designed by longtime Florida course architect Joe Lee, the LBV Course is partof 99 holes of golf five championship courses and a nine-hole executive course offered at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
  • The view from the tee on the par 3 No. 16 at Disney's Lake Buena Vista Course. Designed by longtime Florida course architect Joe Lee, the LBV Course is partof 99 holes of golf five championship courses and a nine-hole executive course offered at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
  • Walt Disney World Resort includes the championship 18-hole Lake Buena Vista course (pictured), plus four additional 18-hole courses and a 9-hole walking course.
  • Walt Disney World Resort includes the championship 18-hole Lake Buena Vista course (pictured), plus four additional 18-hole courses and a 9-hole walking course.
  • SWINGING FUN FOR THE FAMILY -- With 81 holes of quality golf, Walt Disney World Resort ranks among America's favorite golf resorts, and as the only golf resort in the world that also offers four theme parks, two water parks and abundant nightlife, it is the premier family golf resort on the planet.
  • As one of the two original Disney golf courses, the Magnolia opened in October 1971, and immediately became home for the Walt Disney World Golf Classic. In true PGA TOUR style, this beautifully manicured course has all the ear marks of a golfer's paradise: Elevated tees and greens, rolling terrain, and a very special bunker on the sixth hole in the shape of you-know-who. The Joe Lee-designed course is aptly named for its over 1,500 magnolia trees.
  • The natural beauty of Florida woodlands makes the Palm not only a pleasure to play but also one of Walt Disney World's toughest. Rated one of Golf Digest's "Top 25 Resort Courses," this Joe Lee course measures 6,957 yards from the back tees, 6,461 from the middle and 5,398 from the front. With greens recently rebuilt from the drainage basin up, this course is perhaps better than new. Save a sprinkle of pixie dust for No. 18-- it's been rated as high as fourth toughest on the PGA TOUR.
  • Beauty and a Beast -- A spectacular view awaits golfers at Disney's Osprey Ridge, No. 3 and the prospect of a gigantic waste bunkers that gobbles up arrant shots to the right confronts them on the scenic par 3 as well. Walt Disney World golf head professional Kevin Weikel offers a practice drill golfers can do at home to get out of the sand.
  • Great Exercise For The Whole Family can be had at Disney's Oak Trail course. It is a nine-hole walking course with two sets of tees that make the length 2,552 to 2,913 yards. The course, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., features challenging greens with lots of contour.
  • TOWERING PALMS add to the beauty of Disney's Palm Course, a challenge for amateurs and pros alike. In the fall, PGA TOUR players tee it up on the Palm during the annual Classic at Walt Disney World Resort. The rest of the year, the Joe Lee-designed layout is available to resort guests as part of Disney's 99 holes of golf. Here golfers test the par 3 No. 16.
  • Built in 1972, Disney'sLake Buena Vista Golf Course stretches to 6,819 yards from thechampionship tees. LBV is a tough challenge to many, as nativefoliage looms close to the narrow fairways. The course is somewhatmore forgiving from the middle and forward tees which measure 6,268and 5,176 yards, respectively. The Lake Buena Vista course islocated near Downtown Disney and Disney's Old Key West Resort.
  • Mouse Trap -- The signature hole among the 99 holes of Walt DisneyWorld golf is the Magnolia No. 6, a par 3 on which a bunker in theform of none other fronts the green than you know who.
  • Disney's Palm Course Beauty -- is evident at the par 3 No. 3. It's165 yards from the tips and is not a good place for a slice! The Palm course, a Joe Lee design, is a great opportunity to test a course the pros play: it is played annually by PGA TOUR players during the FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.
  • As one of the two original Disney golf courses, the Magnolia opened in October 1971, and immediately became home for the Walt Disney World Golf Classic. In true PGA TOUR style, this beautifully manicured course has all the ear marks of a golfer's paradise: Elevated tees and greens, rolling terrain, and a very special bunker on the sixth hole in the shape of you-know-who. The Joe Lee-designed course is aptly named for its over 1,500 magnolia trees.
  • Disney's Oak Trail course is a nine-hole walking course with two sets of tees that make the length 2,552 to 2,913 yards. The course, at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., features challenging greens with lots of contour.